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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2021}}
{{Infobox Indian politician
| name = Nityanand Swami
| image =
| constituency =
| order = 1st
| office = Chief Minister of Uttarakhand
| term_start = 9 November 2000
| term_end = 29 October 2001
| predecessor = ''Office Established''
| successor = [[Bhagat Singh Koshyari]]
| office1 = Chairman of the [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council]]
| term_start1 = 23 May 1996
| term_end1 = 8 November 2000
| predecessor1 = Shiv Prasad Gupta
| successor1 = Om Prakash Sharma {{small|(Acting)}}
| birth_date = 27 December 1927
| birth_place = [[Narnaul]], [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab Province]], [[British India]]<br>{{small|''(Now in [[Haryana]], [[India]])''}}
| residence = [[Dehradun]], [[Uttarakhand]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|2012|12|12|1927|12|27|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Dehradun]], [[Uttarakhand]], [[India]]
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| spouse = Chandrakanta Sharma
| children = 4
}}
'''Nityanand Swami''' (born '''Nityanand Sharma''', 27 December 1927 – 12 December 2012) was the chief minister of the Indian state of [[Uttarakhand]], named Uttaranchal during his administration. He was the first [[chief minister]] of the state, serving from 9 November 2000 to 29 October 2001.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ptinews.com/news/3208419_First-CM-of-Uttarakhand-passes-away- |title=fullstory |publisher=Ptinews.com |access-date=2012-12-12}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Swami was born in [[Narnaul]], [[Haryana]] and spent almost all his life in [[Dehradun]] where his father served in [[Forest Research Institute (India)|Forest Research Institute]]. He entered the Freedom Struggle {{clarify|date=May 2015}} at an early age, under the umbrella of [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh]], and contributed in the local resistances at Dehradun. Swami, as he was known among his friends was not only an intellectual but also a debater and spokesman. He was declared all round student of [[Dayanand Anglo-Vedic Schools System|Dayanand Anglo-Vedic College]], Dehradun in year 1949-52. In the 1950s and 1960s he was a worker of [[Bharatiya Jan Sangh]] and president of various trade unions; he preferred the non violent hunger strike ''[[Satyagraha]]'' in contrast to violent strikes of ''[[Bandh]]''.

==Political career==
Lawyer by profession, Swami entered active politics under the Bharatiya Jan Sangh. He had switched to the [[Indian National Congress]] for a brief period of time and to the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] since then. As many as 18 times he was put in prison by the establishment when he supported the cause of struggling labourers. He participated in a number of hunger strikes.{{citation needed|date=June 2017}}

In 1969 Swami was first elected as a member of [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] from the Dehradun constituency. In 1984, he was elected into the [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council]] from the graduate constituency of [[Garhwal division|Garhwal]] and [[Kumaon division|Kumaon]]. Swami represented the constituency of Garhwal and Kumaon for three years. He became Deputy Chairman of the Legislative Council of Uttar Pradesh in 1991 and was unanimously elected the Chairman of the same in 1992. Swami was elected the chairman of the up legislative council in 1992.{{citation needed|date=June 2017}}

Swami worked behind the scenes in the struggle for a separate Uttaranchal state. As the chairman of the council, he pursued matter and policies to uplift the qualities in these fields through various umbrella [[NGO]]s.{{clarify|date=May 2015}} He was honoured with the "Pride of the Doon" Award from Doon Citizen Council, [[Dehradun]], in recognition of distinguished contributions to the region. The soft-spoken Swami was honoured with the Uttar Pradesh Ratna in 2000 for the dedicated public work on "Rashtrabhasha" [[Hindi]].
He was awarded the ''Sahitya Bharati'' by Hindi Prachar Samiti in 1994.{{citation needed|date=June 2017}}

=== Chief Minister ===

On 9 November 2000, Nityanand Swami took the oath as the first chief minister of the new state of Uttaranchal (now Uttarakhand) He was asked by the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] leadership to acquire the newly created office of Chief Minister. <ref>{{Cite news|title=Uttaranchal's hilly politics threatens new CM Swami|language=en-IN|work=The Rediff|url=https://www.rediff.com/news/2000/nov/10onkar.htm|access-date=2021-03-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title='I am the biggest Pahari'|language=en-IN|work=The Rediff|url=https://www.rediff.com/news/2000/nov/11inter.htm|access-date=2021-03-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Nityanand Swamy elected first chief minister of Uttarancha|language=en-IN|work=The Rediff|url=https://www.rediff.com/news/2000/nov/10onkar.htm|access-date=2021-03-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Uttaranchal's hilly politics threatens new CM Swami|language=en-IN|work=The Rediff|url=https://www.rediff.com/news/2000/nov/08onkar.htm|access-date=2021-03-13}}</ref>
He served from 9 November 2000 to 29 October 2001 in the office and then resigned voluntarily in favor of [[Bhagat Singh Koshyari]] when asked by the BJP leadership.{{citation needed|date=June 2017}}

==Personal life==
He was married to Chandrakanta Swami and had four daughters.

==Death==
He died at the age of 84, at the Combined Medical Institute (CMI), Dehradun on 12 December 2012.

==References==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* http://www.organiser.org/dynamic/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=61&page=17
* http://www.expressindia.com/news/ie/daily/20001109/ifr09012.html
* http://www.dailyexcelsior.com/02feb09/national.htm
* http://hinduvoice.net/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi?flavor=archive;list=NL;id=20050126151537

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